Monsters’ ball: Halloween roundup

“The songs lend themselves to a lot of space,” Tirey says. “I don’t apply some kind of aesthetic intention; it just happens that way.” When it's proposed that there's a…

Their performance in Asheville draws from their latest album, What to Expect When You’re Electing, and no politician is spared the whip of their witty charades at at Diana Wortham…

The soul-rock band, with vocalist/keyboardist Anthony Farrell and vocalist/guitarist Andrew Trube, played the first RiverMusic concert this summer and returns to headline The Grey Eagle on Saturday, Oct. 29.

The show, featuring Winstead with Helen Hong, Joyelle Johnson and Buzz Off, Lucille, takes the stage at The Grey Eagle on Sunday, Oct. 30.

Ride a bike, cut a rug, revisit Neil Young, tour a haunted house or celebrate the spookiest season with poetry and pie. There are as many ways to commemorate All…

McKennitt is playing a series of rare, intimate trio performances with veteran collaborators guitarist Brian Hughes and cellist Caroline Lavelle. The tour stops at the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium on Saturday,…

Stroll downtown Weaverville or visit artists studios around North Buncombe County Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 29 and 30.

Whether bought at a U-pick orchard or a tailgate market, Western North Carolina apples are great for fall snacking, baking, cooking and brewing. Local orchard owners and chefs talk about…

For do-it-yourselfers, making pet food from scratch may seem like a fun and worthwhile challenge. But dogs and cats have different nutritional requirements from their human friends, so there some…

It was once cake that fed the election cycle rather than campaign ads. OWL Bakery is trying to bring the former back.

This week kicks off Short Street Cakes' eighth annual Day of the Dead fundraiser. Also, Vortex Doughnuts turns two, Friends of the Mountain Branch Library in Lake Lure hosts a…

Full Moon Farm Wolfdog Sanctuary founder Nancy Brown and Mars Hill professor Scott Pearson talk about wolfdogs — how they evolved from wolves, why they need protection and how they…

Reel Rock Film Tour stops at Diana Wortham Theatre, the Grail hosts a voting rights film and panel discussion and Frank Thompson's monthlong horror seminar concludes.

Several animal rescue organizations were deployed to Eastern North Carolina communities in the wake of Hurricane Matthew’s landfall there. So far, Brother Wolf Animal Rescue, both in Asheville and in Marion…

Like any good Southern city, Asheville’s history is steeped in the gothic and the paranormal. While the facts and claims behind these legends vary from story to story (and storyteller),…

Over the last 40 years, the black bear has experienced a steady and stable rise, even as they continue to lose their natural habitats to development. This is particularly true…

"I’d like to end on a less scholarly note ... by quoting Edgar’s Mission Farm Sanctuary in Australia: 'If we could live happy and healthy lives without harming others, why…

"There are also more people who do not know or do not obey basic pedestrian rules/laws. I am writing to ask these people to take the time to understand and…

"Support our water protectors. Name them for what they are. And then become one."

"If you want to see the beginning of a discussion to help solve America's problems, vote for Deborah Ross."

"However, the benefit of a Payment for Ecosystem Services program is establishing a long-term funding mechanism linked to a regional, science-based investment strategy focused on protecting ecosystems that contribute most…

"While A-B Tech has never had a problem fulfilling public records requests, your reporter seemed to want to establish a problem with our procedures."